RAILWAY MEN'S WAGES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13676, 19 August 1908, Page 7

RAILWAY MEN'S WAGES.

SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES, • In the latest Gazette there are some important changes announced in the wages of railway servants. The principal regulations gazetted in 1906 are amended, and- a new schedule is made as follows :— '■ j 1. The age of the applicant at the lime .of his becoming a member shall not be •less than the minimum nor greater than the maximum"following : —ln the first division : As a-cadet 16 to 17 years last 'Tii the. second division: As an apprentice "■■ l5 ',: "; as a rivet boy 16, as a junior porter 17 to 18, as.a, junior surfaeemanlV to :18, as a junior striker 17 to 18, as , ia, junior machinist' 17 ' to 18, as a. junior ''.labourer 17 to. 18, as a cleaner 17 to 18, as a surfaceman 23 to 54, as.- a -tradesman 25 to 3C 2. Guards, enginemeo, and firemen when absent on duty from headquarters at night will be paid a night allowance of 5s per night where no sleeping accommodation is provided; and where sleeping accommodation is provided, 3s per night. 5. (a) No member shall if he is married, or is a widower with a child or children,' receive a, salary of less than £l5O per annum. (b) No member who is 22 years of age or upwards shall receive % salary'.-' of less than. £IOO per annum." («) For the purpose: of giving effect to the last two preceding, subclauses every •• member shall receive by way of special- family allowance such additional sum as will raise the salary to which he is entitled under the schedule. to "The Government Kailways Department Classification Act, 1907," to the rule of £l3O per annum in case (a) and £IOO

per annum in case (b). (d) Such additional sum shall, in the case of each such member, be paid in the same manner and -subject to the same conditions as his salary under the aforesaid, schedule, (e) The \rg ljt to sUcll additional suln shall be deemed to commence on-the date on which the member furnishes to the general manager satisfactory evidence -that he possesses the qualification entitling him thereto; and the first payment shall be made with the first payment of schedule salary after that date. The part of the schedule relating to the ages of commencement in the service are not greatly altered, the differences being that junior porters, surfacemen, strikers, machinists, and labourers, as well as cleaners, are permitted to join the service a year earlier, the previous regulation having fixed the age at 18. Itf the case of labourers the age is .fixed at from 23 to 34, in place of 24 to 34 as previously. Rivet boys and tradesmen were not mentioned in the previous regulations. The woman who wears good clothes .over an inferior corset repeats the folly of the man in the parable who built Iris house on the Mod and went out with the : first flood. The costumes that fit- and sit properly are always based on the P. D. corset. The wearer looks smart, and generally makes the most of herself. The wise woman wears no other. Suppose yon get a P.D. now. ... You can do »i etrffering friend a kindly service by saying "Stearns' Headache Cure will quickly cure that headache." A trial will convince you if yon have not yet used it yourself. ...